overestimate
See also: over-estimate
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (verb) IPA(key): /ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmeɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (noun) IPA(key): /ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmət/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Verb edit
overestimate (third-person singular simple present overestimates, present participle overestimating, simple past and past participle overestimated)
- To judge or calculate too highly.
- I overestimated the number of attendees, and bought far too much food for the party.
- 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide[1], page 15:
- One must be especially careful when using Google to determine frequency as there is a very real risk of fantastically overestimating the frequency and subsequent importance of a term.
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "to judge too highly"): underestimate
Translations edit
to judge too highly
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Noun edit
overestimate (plural overestimates)
- An estimate that is too high.
- 2013, Peter Karl Kresl, Jaime Sobrino, Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Urban Economies:
- The employment projection for the metropolitan area for 1985 was an overestimate by about 12 percent.
Translations edit
an estimate that is too high
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